Turbine-driven rock-drill.



No. 888,508. PATENTED MAY 28. 1808.

' M. KBLLOW.

"JURBINE 88185.18 808K DRILL. APPLIGATION'IILBD NOV. 9, 1906.

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M. KBLLOW.

TURBINE DRIVBN ROCK DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED NOVA9. 1906.

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M. KELLOW. TURBINE DRIVEN ROCK DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV'. 9. 1906.

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M. 'KELLOW.

TURBINE DRIVEN ROCK DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9. 190B.

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' M. KELLOW.

TURBINB DRIVEN ROOK DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED Nov, 9. 190e.

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TURBINB DRIVEN ROCK DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 9, 190e.

No. 888,506. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

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Appiicauovrgmea'iovember 9, 1906. serial No. 342,686.

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y,Be it-'knoivn thatI, Mosiis vKLLOW, 4of the lFark and Crpesorj Quarries, Pen'rhyndendraeth, ,1n the county of' Meri'oneth, England,

la 'subject of4 the King of Great -Britain and i "improvemen-ts'in' power drillsof this class;

particularly in the construction and mounting of the yturbine-i/'vheeL and in the construction of 'the' casingwpart of Which improvementslforms the'subject of a divisional appli- ;1907, Serial No.

trate a turbine-driven rock-drill embodyin rnylimproveinents, Figure 1'1s a longitu inalsection of the machine, Fig; 2 a view of the rear end thereof, and Fig. 3 a vertical section looking in the direction of the arrows on the line :c--x in Fig. 1 showing the waterpassages for supplying Water to the opposite sides yof the 'piston in .the piston cylinder. Fig. 4is a view of theo posite face oi t-he plate shown/in Fig. 3, W ile Fig. 5 is a tace viewofthe rear plate. 'Fig 6 is' a side elevation, partlyin section, and Fig. 7 a face-view,

also parti in section, illustrating the turbine-Whse' Fig. 8 is a vertical section and Fig. Q-'a transverse section illustrating the four-W'aycock for distributing the wat-er to diferentpa'rts'ot the machine. Fig. .10 is a verticalsection illustrating 'a tivo-Way cock -hereinafter -more particularly referred to,

and Fig'.`1`1 a similar vieuT illustrating the `:inain-supply cock. ig. 12'?,i illustrates `in: transverse section a breeches-pipe herein-1 after more particularly* referred to. 1 lFig-513 is a vertica section and'lFig. 14 a tace vieiv, illustrating means-"for" adjusting fthe discharge-nozzle upon theturbine casing. 4 Fig.

15 is a side elevation, partly in sec,tion'and Fig. 16 a face vieiv of a inodifiedl-,construcltion'of turbine.v

According to my'fii'nprovedy method of conlstruction, the turbine-Wheel A comprises an annular disk a formed at its periphery livith a laterally projecting flange a," wherein a 'Specification of 'Letters Patent.

'PatentedMay 26, 1908.

' number of curved vanesafarejmounted.

Theseuvanes radiate from, the 4centerf ofthe; .i

Wheel and are mounted inthe ange aivith their outer and innerextremi ies respectively -liishrvvith the outer and inner. surfaces of the said Harige and 'arranged inA4 suchga man-ner that the angle `of outloW -isccmparatively -large. This turbine is housed in a. chamber 'B formed as to one side by the Wall of the vg'ea'r-chamber C and as to the other sidey by a cover b attached to a plate D which is placed betweenl the gear-case C anda rearplate E, the latter carrying the main Water-v supply-nozzle F hereinafterdescribed. Thev turbine A is housed within-its chamberB with ust sufficient clearance to permit of its free Working; and the Water, aftervimpinging upon the vanes a2, flows through a passage 7) formed in the covert of the s. f eel-chamber;

and thence into the discharge-passage b2 in.

t-he casing. The passagefbv through which the Water is discharged frointhe Wheel-chamber B is formed' with outwardly diverging sides, as shown in Fig. 1; the effect 'being that, the unexhausted kineticenergy in the `Water flowing from the turbine due to the large angle of outliow ofthe lvenes is e011-,

veited into pressure While passing through the discharge-passage b2 which Gradually inv .creases in area, as shown inFig.4 1.

Ypressure so formed can be used to force the discharge through a pipe of smalldiameter, and, if necessary, against fan adverse' head. The principal features for enabling the apparatus to discharge against anvadverse head are, firstly, the delivering angleof` the vane in relation to its path; secondly,tlie form of the turbine-Whe Which-enables tlieiwatei' to be discharged from the varies directlyinto the passage b2 Without cominginto contact f `with the body-ot the Wheel and thirdly, the divergent formk of: the passage b n When the ,head of wateris .constantfandthev speed .ofthe Wheel variable,lt=he positionofthe discharge will also be: variables This variation may,-.\vithin narrow lim1ts,sb.e provided for 'by making the discharge-passage b in thechamber-coverv b slight y Wider rthan Ythe f stream it has to receive. Where, however, the

variations of speed are not confinedvvithin narrow limits, the discharge-nozzle bis preferably attached as shown in Figs.4 13 and-14 to a ring `b5 capable of being rotatedwithin The the cover by means of'arack b and pinion 67. ln this manner the nozzle ma. T be adjusted to receive the water at anyv required point.

For Working at a high efficiency' it is indispensable that the turbine Wheel shouldl not be immersed in ufater; this is accomplished. partly by the etl'ect of centrifugal action, the turbine Wheel revolving at a high speedwvithin the closed chamber B with onlv sut'licient.

clearance to permit 4of the tree vWorking ot the turbine. A small oluantitv of Water onl) r enters between the disk (L and the Walls of the chamber, and when thc apparatus is in operation this Water is readil)v displaced b v reason of the centrifugal action set up by the turbine. Accumulation ot Water at the sides of the ivheel may also be prevented by providing the. sides of the disk-With vanes a u (Figs l5 and i6), similar to those employed in eentrilug'al pumps; these vanes 'serving to torce the water into the discharge-pipe. r The turbine is mounted on or formed with a sleeve a3 adapted to rotate freely upon aV casing G which partially incluses a drilltube H of hexagonal form.. This tube is l'urnished at its outer extremitjiivith a drill lz, While its inner extremity isturnished with a` piston 7U, preferably ot' .-liard` wood, vlpich Works in a. cylinder l arranged concentrically within an outer cylinder i; the latter formingl an annular' passage i' around the'inner cylinder With the aid oi' a suitable nut i? these cylinders are attached at their one end to the rear-plate E ol the easing, vvhile their o posite ends are closed buv a` suitably formen cap Water under pressure is admitted bv way ol' the passac'ef" and the cock K to the anntl to the interior ol the cylinder l, according to whether it desired to advance or to withdraw the drill. Foi' witlulrawingir the drill the coclr K is placed in the position shown in lig. 3, communication being eilected between the passages# and (1.4, and between the passages ci5 and In this position oi the cocl; the vfat-er flows from the passage a. to a pas-- sage i in the 'tace of the rear-plate E (see lligi's. 2 and el) and thence passes into the cqvlinderl at the front of the piston lt. Then it desired to advance the drill the. cocli l is turned so that the passagef4 is placed in comn'iunication with the passage i5, and the passage a* in communication with the passage ci; viator will non' flou' 'from the passage if into a passage'fn4 in trie face ot the rear plate tsee lD l, 2 and l) and thence by Wav of passages li? and the annular passage i/ to the rear ot the piston h.

,it the piston-end of the drill-tube H is mounted a s prin g-su pported valve 712 adapted to admit water to an axial passage 7l in the drill-tube, whence it passes bv Wav ot passages zi inthe drill to the extremity of the latter. The spring pertaining to the valve 71.2 is adjusted to permit ot' the latter opening' ar passage i. between the cylinders orv @eases al. the pressurev required for at 'fancing the drill when boring; the said 'valve closing and shutting ott the Water supplT to the drill when the latter is not Working.

F or supplvingr water to the casing to operate. the dri l and for subsequently discharging the same, l emplovv two concentric nozzles-li1 it" attached to the rear-plate E. The inner nozzle, li serves to convey the Water to the casing, while'the outer nozzle le", which forms an amnllarqiassage f about the inner nozzle y serves. as the outlet from the casing. To these nozzles hose pipesff2 are respectively connected for the sr pplvand discharge ofthe Water, the nozzles being connected together by means ot' concentric unions capable of being tightened. by a single nutfa. The other ends ot the hose-pipes are attached in a similar manner to 'oreeches-pipe kF2 (see. Fig.A 1 2) ,4

so constructed that the dischargeassage j changes troni the annular 'form anc position concentric with the inlet at one end toa cylindrical pipefi forming one leg, while the inlet f6 is formed by the other leg', thus enabling the Water to be conveyed to and awa-y from the hose-pipes b v means of separate pipes.

The supply of Water to drive theturbine is controlled., inde endently of the supply Which passes to t ie drill-piston, by means of a plug-cock J' arranged in. the inlet-passage F* in the rear-plate E, and adapted to open `or close comnnniication bet-Ween the passage il* and a passage b4 (see Fig'. l) .which serves as a. nozzle through 'which the Water passes to drive the turbine. The plug j of the cock is formed with .a groove j on either side ot the transverse :vater-passage j2 (see Fig. 1l), and these `grooves communicate, through suitable water-passages ji, with the discharge from the machine, leakage between the pluxgT and its shell being` by these means minimized; suitable packings jt being also provided With a view to rendering the cock Water-tight. The tour-Wa)Y cock K,tor admitting Water to the cylinder l and the annular 'passage i, is termed with a plug l' tapered tou'ard its spindle (see Fig. S) instead of in the reverse direction, as is common in plug. cocks, to l' cil-itate its adjustment and to take up Wear; the shell 1c Within `which 'the plug` 7c is housed beine' tapered to correspond on the inside but in the reverse Way on the outside. The passages for conveying' the Water to and l'rom the {our-wav cock ,are formed in the castings from which the casing is builtl up, the passages being by preference formed in the faces ot contiguous castings/iso that when these are jointed torrefher, com-.

cock L between the main-supplv-ptissagef4 and a pressure-gage lf? Whichis vinelosed Within the casing and serves to indicate. the.

pressure ol. the Water either in the passagesly"4 or at the rear of the piston h'.

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turbine-wheel, an intermediate piece D` Which incloses the remainder of the turbine, and a rear-piece E which carries the supplyand discharge-iiozzles and the concentric cylinders before referred to. v The front piece C .l is furnished with a cover-plate c preferably of considerable thickness. The Whole are secured together by bolts c which pass through the several*` castings; suitable joints being formed by means of packing c2 to render the. complete casing water-tight, packings c" being also provided on either 'side of the waterpassages. Holes c'* are also provided in the casing for securing the latter to rods whichl support the machine when at work. The casing is further provided with suitably arranged lubricator cups M and with passages m through which the working parts may be lubricated; these cups being closed by screwcaps m.

, AW'hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. ln a turbine-driven rock-drill, the herein described means for discharging the eX- l haust water at a higher level or otherwise against an adverse pressure; saine comprising a turbine-wheel of the kind herein referred i' to and having its vanes arranged to permit of a large angle of outflow; acasing having a chamber for said turbine, and a discharge 1 passage which gradually increases in area towards the outlet and which receives the Wai ter on leaving the vanes of said turbine, substantially as set forth.

2. In a iotary rocledrill, a turbine wheel formed with a laterally projecting peripheral flange, curved vanes radially mounted in said flange, vaiies on opposite faces of the body of the said turbine wheel, and a casing i having a chamber for said turbine and a discharge passage which graduallyinereases in f area towards its outlet, substantially as set forth.

e referred to, a casing built up'of three parts; a front part forming the gear case, an intermediate'part forming with the gea-r case the -turbine-chamber and a rear part formed with inlet and outlet passages, substantially as herein described.

4. In a turbine-driven rock-drill, the coinbination, with the turbine and a casing for said turbine7 of concentrically arranged inlet and outlet nozzles to which are respectively y connect-ed concentrically arranged supply l and discharge pipes, substantially as herein described.

' 5. In a turbine-driven rock-drill, theconibination, with a casing having supply and discharge passages, of a niain-supply-cock comprising a plug formed with an annular groove on either side yof the main passage, said groovesv communicating with the discharge passage in said casing, substantially as herein described.

6. In a turbine-driven rock-drill, the combination, with a casing having supply and i discharge passages, of a cock comprising a plug formed with an outwardly converging taper and with an annular groove which coniniunicates with the discharge passage in said i casing, and a casing formed as to its inner face to correspond with said plug and as to its outer face with an inwardly converging taper. j

ln testimony whereof yl have signed my name to this specilication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses iiosns iinLLow.

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A. Xr'rrixc, l. liinpox.v

- 3. In a rotary rock-drill of the kind herein i 

